The intervention was filmed and the video spread on social media. After the incident, Hamed Diakite reported the security guards for assault and misconduct, but the report was dropped. Instead, the security guards’ report of suspected violent resistance must now be taken up in court.
According to interrogations with the security guards, Hamed Diakite is said to have started fighting at the ticket check and refused to accompany the security guards from the scene. Hamed Diakite and witnesses to the incident do not share the security guards’ view of the incident. They believe that he should have been calm and that the guards should have tried to provoke a reaction from the beginning. In questioning with the police, a witness says:
“I felt that one guard had a softer approach, while the other behaved more aggressively, both verbally and physically.”
The trial begins on February 7. SVT has applied to both the SL security company CSG, which however does not want to comment on the case before the legal process is completed.
Three questions about the powers of security guards
Hear Dennis Martinsson, lecturer in criminal law at Stockholm University, explain when law enforcement officers may use violence in the video below.
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